Arts & Culture

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights: International Posters on Gender-based Inequality, Violence, and Discrimination

Features posters created by both men and women to celebrate and acknowledge the vital role that all citizens play in protecting and promoting human rights while advancing reproductive and sexual rights, protecting women and girls against brutality, and promoting women’s empowerment, education, and participation in society.

Organized and curated by Elizabeth Resnick, Professor Emerita, Graphic Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston

Kichka, Michel Stop Violence Against Women 100 x 70 cm 2008

August 30 – December 7  |  Center for the Arts Gallery, CA 3040

Exhibition ǀ Linda Brenner: Understory

Brenner’s sculptures express the inherent structure and order found in nature. The proportions and compositions are organized using geometry derived from mathematical formulae. The sculptures remain, like a garden, works in progress—cumulative, rearrangeable and reworkable.

Opening reception September 5, followed by lecture with Linda Brenner on September 26.

August 30 – October 12  |  Holtzman MFA Gallery, CA 2040

Asia In Maryland 2024

Explore diverse works of art by Maryland-based Asian and AAPI visual artists which showcase the stories of the 500,000+ Asian and AAPI residents who play integral roles in the fabric of Maryland life. Some works will also be on display at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Meet artists whose work is on view September 11 at 7:30 p.m.

September 11 – December 7  |  Asian Arts Gallery, CA 2037

Inertia

The Department of Dance proudly supports the artistic voices of our students, faculty, and alumni as we all come together for an eclectic and imaginative performance series. This community moment shares, uplifts, and celebrates dance at Towson University.

September 13 – 14  |  Dance Studio Theatre, 1003

An Evening of Beethoven and Schubert

TU faculty members Phillip Collister, baritone, and Christopher Dillon, piano, present a program of German Lieder and solo piano works, picking up on themes of loss and longing from Beethoven's famous song cycle An die ferne Geliebte (To a Distant Beloved) op. 98 and connecting to the second half of the program, which includes Schubert's monumental Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb, D 960. This intimate evening of chamber music will explore the compositional genius of two of Germany's most renowned early Romantic composers. The immersive concert will also feature visual enhancement via Romantic art works that elicit the musical and textual context of the works performed.

September 20 at 7:30 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

Composers Unheard, Composers Celebrated

Composers Unheard, Composers Celebrated spotlights works for clarinet and piano that have been previously under-appreciated. Clarinetist Natalie Groom (Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet, Towson University) and pianist Hui-Chuan Chen bring these works to light with works by Marie-Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meiningen, a Prussian princess; Mojgan Misaghi, a composer inspired by traditional dance and harmonies of Iran; Ke-Chia Chen, professor at Curtis Institute of Music; Fazil Say, world-renowned Turkish piano soloist; and Sarah Feigin, historic Latvian Jewish woman.

September 21 at 3 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

Baltimore Stallions: Charm City's Forgotten Champions

Documentary screening of "Baltimore Stallions: Charm City's Forgotten Champions" hosted by MCOM adjunct and journalist Ron Snyder as a companion film to his book The Baltimore Stallions: The Brief, Brilliant History of the CFL Champion Franchise. Screening will be followed by a panel discussion and book signing. This event is co-sponsored by the Albert S. Cook Library.

September 24 at 6:30 p.m.  |  University Union, UU 324

The Future of Communication Leadership in STEM

Co-hosted by the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics and the College of Fine Arts and Communication, speaker and Workshop Leader Iesha Pankey will lead an exciting interactive program exploring the future of communication leadership in STEM.  Professor Pankey navigates daily effective leadership communication and computer science and technology in her leadership role as the Director of Headquarters Operations at Northrup Grumman.

This event is sponsored by the new Professional Communication Minor, a program designed to create important interconnections between students’ chosen majors and effective professional communication.

September 26 at 3:30 p.m.  |  Science Complex Commons, SC2242

Lecture: Artist Linda Brenner

Linda Brenner taught sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for 24 years before retiring in 2012. She continues to show her work widely, including at the Philadelphia International Airport, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, and at the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of a Leeway Foundation WOO Award and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts SOS Stipend in addition to two residencies at the Hambidge Center for the Arts in Georgia. She received a BFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and attended both the University of Pennsylvania and Tyler School of Fine Arts at Temple University.

September 26 at 6:30 p.m.  |  Art Lecture Hall, CA 2032

Cecylia Barczyk and Elizabeth Borowsky present Classical Gems: Works for Cello and Piano

Internationally renowned cellist, Cecylia Barczyk and her daughter, Elizabeth Borowsky present a recital of classical gems by Francoeur, Beethoven, Bloch, and Bruch. A spice of klezmer music with the Lithuanian birbyne virtuoso Vitautas Kiminius and violinist Emmanuel Borowski will conclude the program.

September 27 at 7 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066